From 41c2a25935650fd69aa3c2a3eba4fedb3b953b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:30:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 98 - numbers --- jit/translate-numbers/01.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/jit/translate-numbers/01.md b/jit/translate-numbers/01.md index 8c7b106..073c242 100644 --- a/jit/translate-numbers/01.md +++ b/jit/translate-numbers/01.md @@ -12,12 +12,17 @@ There are many numbers in the Bible. They can be written as words, such as "five ### Examples from the Bible +**Sometimes authors used exact numbers.** + >When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years. He became the father of more sons and daughters. Jared lived 962 years, and then he died. (Genesis 5:18-20 ULB) -The numbers 162, eight hundred, and 962 are exact numbers and should be translated with something as close to those numbers as possible. +* The numbers 162, eight hundred, and 962 are exact numbers and should be translated with something as close to those numbers as possible. + +**Sometimes authors used rounded, or less exact, numbers.** + >Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands ... (Genesis 24:60 ULB) -This is a rounded number. It does not say exactly how many descendants she should have, but it was a huge number of them. +* This is a rounded number. It does not say exactly how many descendants she should have, but it was a huge number of them. ### Translation Strategies